John Kryk, QMI Agency

Multiple sources over the weekend said the rock star has not been “chucked from” the group, as reported Friday night by the New York Post, nor has Bon Jovi left the group.

That said, Bon Jovi and his two Toronto support investors – Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment chairman Larry Tanenbaum and the Rogers family, whose interests are represented by Edward Rogers, deputy chairman of Rogers Communications -- remain highly pessimistic they’ll be able to buy the team, something sources have been telling QMI Agency since the beginning of August.

The Toronto group’s bid ceiling with Bon Jovi as controlling partner is up to about $1.2 billion, sources have said. That’s unlikely to be enough to buy the team.